[Tfug] Why not do usability research?

[Anthony Hess]

I don't think doing an install is very fair.  Most users do not install
their Mac or Windows OSes, as they come with the box.

Adding hardware of course, is definitely fair game.

--
Anthony Hess
Support Systems Analyst, Sr.
CoEM Computer Services

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Jim Secan wrote:

> At the sake of starting a distro war, I'd suggest debian.  I would have
> suggested RH a week ago, but not now.  I'd like to see how debian works in
> this sort of test, and in particular how well it installs and sets up for
> this use.
>
> Would the plan be for state-of-the-art (or damnear) hardware?  A problem I
> always seem to face in putting linux on new hardware is "well, the drivers
> aren't in the kernel, so you need to do A, B, C, D, ... ."  This is always
> at least two steps more than I have time/patience for, so I'd like to see
> how debian installs on a new box that is the "typical" box for a home user.
>  A Dell, for example.  Or even a box from a local supplier like SWS or
> Ultramedia.
>
> Jim
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